William Musto

William V. Musto (27 March 1917-27 February 2006) was Mayor of Union City, New Jersey from 1962 to 1970 and from 1974 to 1982, a member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1947 to 1966, and a member of the State Senate from 1966 to 1982.

Biography
William V. Musto was born in Union City, Hudson County, New Jersey in 1917, and he served in the US Army during World War II. Musto went on to serve in the General Assembly from 1947 to 1966, as Mayor of Union City from 1962 to 1970, as a State Senator from 1966 to 1982, and as Mayor from 1974 to 1982. An advocate of women's rights and health care reform, he was also a member of the deeply-entrenched Democratic political machine in North Jersey. In 1982, he was convicted of skimming $600,000 in kickbacks for school construction projects, and he served three and a half years in prison. However, he remained immensely popular, and maintained his innocence until his death in 2006.